Projects funded by the NCN
In the search of new insecticides: immunomodulatory role of tachykinin-related peptides and their potential usage in pest control
2021/41/B/NZ9/01054
Keywords:
insects tachykinin-related peptides insect immune system pest control
Descriptors:
- NZ9_1: Agronomy
- NZ4_8: Neuroendocrinology
- NZ6_3: Animal immunology
Panel:
NZ9 - Fundamentals of applied life sciences and biotechnology: agricultural, forestry, horticulture, animal production and fishery, food and nutrition sciences, industrial biosciences, environmental biotechnology and remediation
Host institution :
Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu, Wydział Biologii
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Principal investigator (from the host institution):
Number of co-investigators in the project: 4
Call: OPUS 21 - announced on 2021-03-15
Amount awarded: 983 361 PLN
Project start date (Y-m-d): 2022-01-21
Project end date (Y-m-d): 2025-01-20
Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)
Project status: Project completed
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- Publication in academic press/journals (3)
- Functional homology of tachykinin signalling: The influence of human substance P on the immune system of the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor L.Authors:Urbański A., Konopińska N., Walkowiak-Nowicka K., Roizman D.; Lubawy J., Radziej M., Rolff J.Academic press:Developmental and Comparative Immunology (rok: 2023, tom: 142, strony: 104669), Wydawca: ElsevierStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1016/j.dci.2023.104669 - link to the publication
- Tachykinin-related peptides modulate immune-gene expression in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor L.Authors:Urbański, A., Johnston, P., Bittermann, E., Keshavarz, M., Paris, V., Walkowiak-Nowicka, K., Marciniak P., & Rolff, J.Academic press:Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 17277), Wydawca: Springer NatureStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1038/s41598-022-21605-6 - link to the publication
- Tachykinin-related peptides modulate immune-gene expression in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor L.Authors:Urbański, A., Johnston, P., Bittermann, E., Keshavarz, M., Paris, V., Walkowiak-Nowicka, K., Marciniak P., & Rolff, J.Academic press:Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12, strony: 17277), Wydawca: Springer NatureStatus:PublishedDOI:10.1038/s41598-022-21605-6 - link to the publication